# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=28 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [I pit the idea that "100 Companies are reponsible for 71% of global warming"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idea-that-100-companies-are-reponsible-for-71-of-global-warming/923339)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idea-that-100-companies-are-reponsible-for-71-of-global-warming/923339 "2022-12-28T21:03:49Z")
It takes a lot for something that’s not a thing the current leaders of the US or the UK just did to aggravate me nowadays but this kind of thing, which I’ve been seeing a lot of on social media, seriously pisses me off. … --- ## [Borderlands' Handsome Jack == Elon Musk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands-handsome-jack-elon-musk/977033)
**Author:** [@Rejutka\_Lupex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rejutka_Lupex)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borderlands-handsome-jack-elon-musk/977033 "2022-12-26T12:52:43Z")
Currently replaying Borderlands 2, and damn, they couldn’t make a more fitting satire if they tried. I don’t think they imitated him - was he known to be that obnoxious back then? - but it certainly fits. Just recently… --- ## [It's the most miserable time of the year (Christmas music all the eff'in time)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-most-miserable-time-of-the-year-christmas-music-all-the-effin-time/976800)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-most-miserable-time-of-the-year-christmas-music-all-the-effin-time/976800 "2022-12-25T20:34:33Z")
You just can’t escape it. Pop stations play all those modern wanna-be xmas standards by every artist who wants to cash in like Mariah Carey did. Jazz stations play jazzy versions. Classical play classical versions. And … --- ## [Dear Stupid Bitch from HR...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-stupid-bitch-from-hr/92509)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-stupid-bitch-from-hr/92509 "2001-11-10T15:16:20Z")
Hi, Sarah here. Remember me? Well, you should considering you just completely fucked me less than 20 minutes ago. I’ve been trying to get a job from you for about a month. A FUCKING MONTH. Yet I have no job. Peculiar. Wh… --- ## [Sigh...I guess I joined the gun culture...and it pisses me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-guess-i-joined-the-gun-culture-and-it-pisses-me-off/973973)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-guess-i-joined-the-gun-culture-and-it-pisses-me-off/973973 "2022-12-22T22:42:31Z")
Debated where to put this and decided the Pit was more appropriate or even to post at all. However, I am a little pissed and want to get this off my chest. Except for a short time while a teen where there was an army d… --- ## [Creating video training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-video-training/976676)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-video-training/976676 "2022-12-17T23:14:30Z")
I’ll be retiring in about 3 or so years. Scares the shit out of my co-workers. I’m going to start to try to make training videos. (this is IS stuff, that I wrote). I’ll make a library of it. That is my plan. I want to d… --- ## [Dear Apple Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-apple-computer/976462)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-apple-computer/976462 "2022-12-15T17:40:05Z")
TL;DR ==\> Hey folks! Lifetime Mac fan and evangelist here, been using Macs since the heydays of booting System 3 from an 800K floppy. I can touch ten working bootable Macs right here in my home office and I’ve never … --- ## [Autistic child has birthday party, nobody comes, police department saves the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autistic-child-has-birthday-party-nobody-comes-police-department-saves-the-day/768553 "2022-12-11T01:32:10Z")
I swear, I hear at least one of these stories a week. I’m starting to think that some parents (OK, mothers) of kids with autism, or other special needs, are setting this up so they can get a free party and a gift grab f… --- ## [My Dinner with Kanye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dinner-with-kanye/975992)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dinner-with-kanye/975992 "2022-12-09T23:23:42Z")
The title popped into my head, and I realized that I couldn’t have been the only one to think of it. It turns out that lots of other people did, too. This is the best response to that idea I’ve found --- ## [Responding to obvious trolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responding-to-obvious-trolls/974968)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responding-to-obvious-trolls/974968 "2022-12-09T07:00:09Z")
Why are there always replies to obvious “first time poster, long time troll” threads like this? Even if there’s a minuscule chance they’re sincere, how many posters who show up with massive drama threads as their very fi… --- ## [Hillary Clinton and Mysogyny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-and-mysogyny/975482)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-and-mysogyny/975482 "2022-12-08T19:18:29Z")
In the Trump thoughts and prayers thread someone claimed that there wasn’t any/much? Misogyny towards Clinton in the 2016 election. I strongly vehemently disagree. One article with some examples HIlary, from the first m… --- ## [Doctors appointments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-appointments/975704)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-appointments/975704 "2022-12-07T23:04:20Z")
So it’s time to see the folks in the white lab coats again. I’ve been going to this particular office for ~ 10 years. Same Doc. Me - Ring Ring, “Yes, I would like to make an appointment for a general check up please” T… --- ## [OK, my daffy landlord is starting to scare me now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-daffy-landlord-is-starting-to-scare-me-now/956506)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-daffy-landlord-is-starting-to-scare-me-now/956506 "2022-12-06T06:17:40Z")
He was talking about how he’s worried they’re going to take more and more freedoms away from unvaccinated people, including the freedom to vote, and he actually said, paraphrasing here, that if he was told he wasn’t allo… --- ## [I pit the Amazon Prime interface for Thursday Night Football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-amazon-prime-interface-for-thursday-night-football/974352)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-amazon-prime-interface-for-thursday-night-football/974352 "2022-12-05T01:13:10Z")
Couldn’t decide between the Game Room or Cafe Society, but since this is basically a gripe I’ll put it here. Plus, I can swear more. Why does Prime make it so fucking hard to watch a football game? I like to watch games… --- ## [So long and thanks for all the rants! (November mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-rants-november-mini-rants/974116)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-rants-november-mini-rants/974116 "2022-12-03T02:26:00Z")
Yes, it’s still a little early in my time zone. Oh well. No, you’re not getting rid of me that easily. :wink: My junior cat, as dearly as I love him, has a couple of really obnoxious habits. He likes to walk from the h… --- ## [Well, Fuck. My stupid phone is apparently 'broken'. On Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-fuck-my-stupid-phone-is-apparently-broken-on-thanksgiving/975505)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-fuck-my-stupid-phone-is-apparently-broken-on-thanksgiving/975505 "2022-12-01T19:41:23Z")
Don’t know what happened. Maybe dropped it in the dirt or something. Charging cord won’t go in and engage. I’ve got 27% battery left. Tried cleaning the port out, blowing with compressed air, little brush thingy from an … --- ## [Why cant the credit card companies get their crap together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-the-credit-card-companies-get-their-crap-together/434392)
**Author:** [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-the-credit-card-companies-get-their-crap-together/434392 "2008-01-24T21:40:30Z")
My temp is soaring after having to deal with the CC companies - 2 of them. I moved to a new town and changed banks a couple of months ago. I gave plenty of notice to the 3 CC companies I deal with. I am having problems … --- ## [This is the thread to gripe about a spouse who won't go to the doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-to-gripe-about-a-spouse-who-wont-go-to-the-doctor/975446)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-thread-to-gripe-about-a-spouse-who-wont-go-to-the-doctor/975446 "2022-12-01T04:44:32Z")
Spinning off from this week’s MMP, by request. In my case, it’s my husband who eschews doctors. He’s 72 years old and he hasn’t seen a doctor in years. His reason: doctors are quacks who don’t know anything. The rea… --- ## [Screw Greg Abbott 2022, The Sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-2022-the-sequel/975278)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-2022-the-sequel/975278 "2022-11-29T21:47:42Z")
He’s been re-elected, so continuing the discussion from Screw Greg Abbott: Three days after Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted a legally dubious invocation of the “invasion clause” of the U.S. and Texas constitutions over th… --- ## [A Pit on behalf of my cousin and bad companies to work for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-on-behalf-of-my-cousin-and-bad-companies-to-work-for/975225)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-on-behalf-of-my-cousin-and-bad-companies-to-work-for/975225 "2022-11-21T20:36:36Z")
My cousin, and best friend has worked as an office manager for decades (more difficult than you think, It’s not just ordering supplies). She got a job at a tax preparation company. As an office manager. She really doesn… --- ## [J.D. Vance is exactly what the rubes in Ohio deserve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-is-exactly-what-the-rubes-in-ohio-deserve/974654)
**Author:** [@deltogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltogre)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-d-vance-is-exactly-what-the-rubes-in-ohio-deserve/974654 "2022-11-18T21:42:13Z")
Fuck you, Buckeyes. J.D. Vance is our new senator, converted MAGA Republican that he is. He’s a waffle with no discernible moral compass, no loyalty to the state (He called you all “hillbillies” in the title of his book… --- ## [Restless Leg Syndrome FUCKING SUCKS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-leg-syndrome-fucking-sucks/426665)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restless-leg-syndrome-fucking-sucks/426665 "2022-11-16T15:51:16Z")
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :ma… --- ## [Tiffany Smiley, you lying bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiffany-smiley-you-lying-bitch/972787)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiffany-smiley-you-lying-bitch/972787 "2022-11-14T05:02:32Z")
The Republican decided to run a no name woman against long time Washington state Senator Patty Murray. With the election less than a month away, we in the state are being bombarded with commercial by this nobody blaming … --- ## [My ten-year-old grandson had to go to court today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ten-year-old-grandson-had-to-go-to-court-today/974243)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ten-year-old-grandson-had-to-go-to-court-today/974243 "2022-11-11T00:08:37Z")
And I am mad as hell. My daughter and her husband and kids live in Michigan, where marijuana is legal. It is legal for adults. Both my daughter and son-in-law are active partakers of the wacky tobacky. They even grow… --- ## [Guantanemo Bay Revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guantanemo-bay-revisited/344618)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guantanemo-bay-revisited/344618 "2022-11-10T02:15:08Z")
…this started out in my head as a Great Debate, but after a few minutes of typing, I realized there wasn’t much to debate. I first posted about Guantanemo Bay back in 2004. I followed that up a few weeks ago with this… --- ## [Adventures with Purpose's Jared Leisek charged with child rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-purposes-jared-leisek-charged-with-child-rape/974452)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-with-purposes-jared-leisek-charged-with-child-rape/974452 "2022-11-06T03:04:40Z")
This isn’t the world’s most reliable source, but the court papers aren’t that hard to find online, and I do not recommend reading them, let alone knowing the cursory details. Trigger warning: --- ## [Pitting UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 828\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2022-11-05T00:07:28Z")
We have a winner for the title of West Virginia’s dumbest lawyer This guy! Here’s another bit of genius from the same thread… Brett Kavanaugh is lucky to have you on his side. --- ## [Tumblr can eat a gigantic bag of porn-sized dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tumblr-can-eat-a-gigantic-bag-of-porn-sized-dicks/825512)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tumblr-can-eat-a-gigantic-bag-of-porn-sized-dicks/825512 "2022-11-04T01:07:16Z")
So this is happening. Starting Dec 17, adult content will not be allowed on Tumblr, regardless of how old you are. You can read more about what kinds of content are not allowed on Tumblr in our Community Guidelines. I… --- ## [Pit for ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-for-zostersandstorm/947211)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-for-zostersandstorm/947211 "2022-11-02T07:15:10Z")
This post here The notion that chronic pain is all in someone’s head baffles me. This is the kind of ignorance and attitude that gets people killed. Yes, there are addicts in the world, but treating all chronic pain pa… --- ## [2022 Henri David Ball And Storebought Costumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-henri-david-ball-and-storebought-costumes/974103)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-henri-david-ball-and-storebought-costumes/974103 "2022-11-01T14:41:05Z")
The Henri David Ball is generally epic. It’s $25 entry with costume, $75 in normal clothes. You can get the cheaper admission wearing a storebought costume- but you don’t stand a chance of winning any category in the cos… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=29)